Kyrie Irving has Requested Trade and HE WILL BE A LAKER

The Kyrie Irving and Brooklyn Nets era seems to officially be coming to an end after just three seasons and just a total of 103 games played over those three years it's over and the Brooklyn Nets have nothing to show for it. When Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving teamed up in Brooklyn people expected this team to become a title contender but they have been far from that and Kyrie's time as a Net seems to be over.

According to a report by Kristian Winfield of New York Daily News "Irving's camp has requested and received permission from the Nets to speak with other teams about sign-and-trade packages".

The next question becomes where does Kyrie go? According to a report from Woj Kyrie has a wish list of teams that list is the Los Angeles Lakers, LA Clippers, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, and Philadelphia 76ers. 

Woj reported today that Outside of the Lakers, there are currently no known teams planning pursuit of sign-and-trades with Irving. And to top off he added Brooklyn isn't believed to have interest in available Lakers packages. 

Essentially what that means is the Lakers can get something done but it's going to take a third team to get involved essentially if they want to get something done. 

That news that eliminated the world's hopes and dreams of a potential blockbuster trade centered around Irving going to the Lakers and the former 2017 MVP Russell Westbrook heading to Brooklyn to play with his former OKC teammate Kevin Durant. 

Woj did add to his tweet that if Irving declines his $36 Million dollar player option and becomes eligible to become a free agent and sign with the Lakers for the $6 Million dollar taxpayer midlevel. Then after that one season, Irving could re-sign with the Lakers long-term in 2023.

I'll say it if Irving signed for the $6 Million dollar taxpayer midlevel. Irving would comfortably become the most hated player in basketball and it wouldn't even be close.

A plethora of people already dislike Irving and if he signed for $6 Million and the Lakers he would be hated even more. 

The last BIG NAME player to sign for the taxpayer midlevel was when DeMarcus Cousins signed with the Golden State Warriors on July 2nd, 2018 for $5.3 Million. And boy did Boogie get dragged through the internet that day. 

Irving would be torn up even more because Cousins was recovering from a torn Achilles and didn't even join the Warriors till midway through the year. Irving however is coming off a year in which he barely played due to his unvaccinated status. Irving is by far more accomplished with winning a title and becoming a big named star.

The move to LA would also reunite the duo of former #1 picks for the Cleveland Cavaliers in LeBron James and Kyrie Irving the teammates who also partnered up for three years ultimately winning one title together and losing in the finals the other two years.

Reuniting LeBron and Kyrie would be perfect and would be funny because that would most likely mean Anthony Davis would become the Kevin Love of the big three in LA getting blamed for everything.

But we will see what happens soon what will happen to Irving but it seems all but destined he's wearing a Lakers uniform next season...But I've been wrong before.